COLLEGE PARK, MD –  Two members of the Maryland softball team earned NFCA All-Region honors, as announced by the NFCA on Saturday.
 
Graduate students Courtney Wyche and Diamond Williams were named to the NFCA Third Team All-Midwest Region on Saturday. 
 
Wyche is the leader of the Maryland pitching staff. She finished the season 13-15 with a 3.63 ERA. Wyche led the team in innings pitched this season with 183.2 and strikeouts with 243. Wyche finished the season first in the Big Ten and fourth in the NCAA in strikeouts. Wyche would finish fifth in the Big Ten in innings pitched. On March 29th, Courtney Wyche struck out a career-high 19 batters in Maryland softball's 2-0 upset win over No. 22 Penn State in nine innings at Nittany Lion Softball Park. Wyche broke the NCAA individual game-high for strikeouts in 2024. In the series finale, Courtney Wyche made her third appearance, pitching her second complete game, striking out 17 batters and allowing just one run and six hits. Wyche struck out a total of 38 batters and allowed 11 hits and three runs through 22.1 innings pitched in the series. Wyche would close out her career at Maryland fourth all-time in school history in wins with 54 and third all-time in career strikeouts with 668.

Williams was a key member to this Maryland team since transferring over from Coastal Carolina.  She started in all 54 games this season at first base and led the Big Ten in putouts.  Williams would finish third on the team in batting average (.331) and second in hits (58) but would finish the season first in HRs (14). Williams would close out her final year fifth in the Big Ten in home runs. Williams would stand out in Big Ten conference play this season. She finished the season batting .291 with 23 hits including three HR's and 10 RBI's against Big Ten opponents.

Both Wyche and Williams played pivot roles in the Terps win over Penn State in the Big Ten Tournament. Williams hit her 14th home run of the season in the top of the fourth inning. A solo shot to right center helped Maryland defeat Penn State 3-1. In her only season as a Terp, Williams would finish her career ranked fourth all-time in program history for single-season home runs, and the blast was the first home run by a Terp in the Big Ten Tournament since May 7, 2015, against Penn State, when three Terps went deep. Williams went 2-for-4 on the day with two RBIs and a run. 

Courtney Wyche would pitch nine innings for her 19th complete game and earned her 13th win of the season. Wyche surrendered just three hits and struck out five batters. 
 
No. 10 seed Maryland softball took down No. 7 seed Penn State, 3-1, in nine innings in the Big Ten Tournament first round at Pearl Field on Wednesday, May 8. It was Maryland's second Big Ten Tournament win in program history.